Worst collapses in baseball history

September 28, 2011

Associated Press

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1978 Boston Red Sox. Boston led by 14 games in July and still held a 7.5-game lead with 32 games
remaining. They then went 3-14 to fall into a one-game playoff with the Yankees. Then, Bucky Dent became an expletive in New England, as he hit a home run in a one-run New York victory. (Carl Yastrzemski, above, couldn't help the Red Sox prevail).

Associated Press

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1978 Boston Red Sox. Boston led by 14 games in July and still held a 7.5-game lead with 32 games
remaining. They then went 3-14 to fall into a one-game playoff with the Yankees. Then, Bucky Dent became an expletive in New England, as he hit a home run in a one-run New York victory. (Carl Yastrzemski, above, couldn't help the Red Sox prevail).